Striving for law in a lawless land : memoirs of a Russian reformer /

Striving for law in a lawless land : memoirs of a Russian reformer /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Yakovlev, Alexander M., 1927-
Imprint:	Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1996.
Description:	xvi, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Constitutional history. Constitutional law. Russia (Federation) -- Constitutional law. Russia (Federation) -- Constitutional history. Russia (Federation)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1836051

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ISBN:	1563246392
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
I. The Rule of Law as an Ideal
1. Law and the State in Russian Culture
2. Karl Marx and Hans Kelsen on Law
3. Samoderzhavie: The Russian Type of Absolute Monarchy
II. Constitutionalism in Russia
1. From Alexander I to Nicholas II
2. The Stalin Constitution
3. Prologue to Perestroika
4. From the Reign of Terror to Bureaucratic Law
5. Liberating the Mind
III. Gorbachev in Charge
1. Self-Government of the People
2. The Congress of People's Deputies
3. The Supreme Soviet
4. The Law-Making Process
5. The Presidency
IV. To Build the Russian State
1. The Russian Federation
2. Legislative Institutions
3. Executive Institutions
4. The Soviets
5. To Create a New Constitution
6. Judicial Institutions
Epilogue